We are currently looking for a Manufacturing Associate for the Conditioning department at our Bakers facility in Monroe, NC. As a manufacturing associate, you will play a valuable role within the Conditioning department helping ensure our materials and products meet customer specifications. The conditioning department is the starting stage that produces fresh-looking metal products and prepares them for smoother, more precise processing. The Conditioning Associate will perform a variety of tasks in the conditioning department and acquire skills on the shop floor through cross training and job rotations. Associate will perform the summarized jobs listed below. Additional Responsibilities: General Plant + Adhere to and participate in company safety programs to ensure a safe work environment + Follow all quality standards and customer specifications, including proper documentation + Routine maintenance of all equipment + Use measuring devices like gauges, meters, calipers and measuring tapes + Operate heavy machinery such as forklifts and cranes Band saw operator + Operate band saw and grinder following established methods and procedures to meet requirements + Work from mill orders and procedures to cut billets, ingots, bars, shapes and other material to specified lengths, weights, and/or cut material sample from products for metallurgical use + Stamp or mark and identify all pieces of material following established procedures and practices Final Inspector + Perform a variety of non-destructive testing and inspection duties on high-temperature alloys following established methods and procedures + Prepare and maintain all required records and reports in prescribed form and detail. + Identify alloy to insure ordered specifications + Mark and identify defective items following accepted practices + Check completed items for compliance with pertinent dimensional, hardness, material coding and identification, general hardness and other specifications + Release accepted materials for packing Peeler operator + Operate the peeler to peel billets and bars to the described dimensional tolerances for superalloy, steel and titanium products + Control and adjust tools, through speeds, and other machine parameters to maintain specified precision tolerances and surface finish. + Maintain continuous surveillance of material as it exits the peeler to detect defects, determine the cause, and correct by making machine adjustments + Maintain various operating supplies such as: carbide inserts, bushings, etc. Necessary for the daily operations of the machine Polisher operator + Operate polisher to polish a variety of high-temperature alloy billets and bars to obtain proper surface finish for ultrasonic inspection or for shipment to customers + Work from mill orders instructions, schedules, verbal instructions, and other data to polish billets and bars per established methods + Load and secure proper material on the polisher table + Change polishing belts, remove swarf, perform, and assist in maintenance, and move material to designated locations upon completion of the polish operation + Detect and report defective material and improper equipment operations to supervision + Maintain work area in a clean and orderly condition Shipping and Receiving + Assist, direct, check, and instruct employees to ensure proper and timely shipment of production orders to customers and depots + Work from mill orders, sales orders, purchase orders, and schedules to plan and execute packing and shipping of customer orders + Work with quality, labs, sales, and production departments to ensure proper documentation and compliance to specifications prior to shipment + Maintain daily productivity records, and reports. As well as issue management reports + Procure transportation to the desired location in compliance with customer specifications and mill instructions and technical instructions + Choose the highest quality and least cost transportation supplier + Maintain approved levels of supplies and initiate requisitions as necessary + Issue released to suppliers for blanket orders + Maintain work area and equipment in a clean and orderly condition + Separate and compare previous day bill of ladings to order entry data and determine if a shipment is partial or complete, mark the bill of lading accordingly and distribute the bill of lading copies to the appropriate departments + Compile all documents from mill order traveler jackets for previous day shipments and distribute them to appropriate personnel + Separate the previous days shipping weight tickets and distribute them to the appropriate personnel + Material handling + Perform any other duties as required or directed by management Proven to Perform. From the edges of space to the bottoms of ocean, our materials are proven to perform -- and so is our team. We're hiring high performers as proven as our products. Join us.